Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-11
A SENSATION.
Hew Fort Worth Man Returned to
Find His Wife and $4,000 Had
disappeared.
A Handsome Young Druggist Said TO Have
accompanied Her and Her Three
Children to Parts Unknown.
From Daily, November 4.

From Daily, November 4.
When Milton King jumped from the
| cars st the Union depot yesterday morn
ing, after weeks absence in Kansas
City, he little imagined VIVA 8 miserable
return his would be. On arriving st his
residence on East Fifth street BE found
the house locked up and deserted
by his wife and three children,
Their clothing and some personal
effects, including three trunks were gone.
He made 8 few inquiries and then pro-
ceeded to the State National Bank where
just before leaving he had deposited
$4,000 in his wife's name. There was his
fatal mistake. The cashier informed him
that Mrs. King had drawn out every dol
lar Of the money. Further Investigation
developed the fact that she had on last
Saturday night taken the east bound
Texas and Pacific accompanied by her
children, but still more
STARTLING FEATURE
connected her disappearance with that of
J. A ChitWood, handsome but rather
fast young druggist. Chitwood has not
been seen since Saturday, snd Mr.. King
was not long in making up his mind from
various circumstances, that the miss
ing pair were parsmours and had
taken advantage Of his absence to draw
the money and abscond. 4 servant girl
stated that while the master was sway
ChItwOOd was daily visitor to the King
residence. That Mrs. King was infatua-
ted with the pleasant spoken and winning
young drug clerk was known to several,
who wondered that her husband failed to
observe the intimacy. Chitwood was
lately in
KINGS EMPLOY,
but little while before the latter sold
out the well stocked drug store which be-
longed to the late Fred King, the gay
young clerk was discharged, IS Mr..
King says, on account Of his dissipated
ways. He had, however. formerly
boarded with Milton King, and 1t is sup
posed that the liaison sprung TIP While
he was an inmate Of the fann,s
"Chit," as he was Familiarity called, is a
young man of some twenty-eight or
thirty, with light hair, sparkling blue
eyes, a reddish mustache, shout five feet
six inches high, and of particularly pleas
ant manners. He had been here several
years, and was considered So rather
fast young man, but was withaI quite
Mrs. King could not be called pretty.
She is about thirty years Of age, q
blonde, slightly dished face, nose inclined
to turn up. and weighs 100 pounds. The
most distressing part of the affair to the
father is the taking of
OF HIS CHILDREN.
They are Kittle, aged twelve, Freddie,
nine, and Minnie, seven. Gir. King says
that il he only had them back he does not
care about the woman. The loss of the
money leaves him in bad shape, but that
too Is minor consideration, and his first
thought is the recovery Of the children.
The gil alluded TO above said they cried
on more than one occasion because of
their fathers sbsence, and it is probable
that their young hearts were Wrung with
distress at the idea OF leaving without
seeing him. The wire has been freely
used in sending out a description of
all the party with 8 request for their
arrest. Exactly where they intended
going is not known, but the betrayed
husband thinks they mean to seek a hid
ing place in Mexico. Mr.. King is terribly
grieved over the occurrence. The folly
of 8 woman has cast q shadow DER hiss
path that time cannot oblitera&, anN -
which she, too, will probably suffer the
pangs of bitter remorse.